Today is the day! The Extreme Read Challenge is a fun, collaborative event that encourages nothing more that sitting ad reading. We have 50 students already signed up, plus guests, family members, and school staff. Over the course of 4 hours we will add all the minutes read by everyone to come up with our total; Last [...]
Student keeps a mini-library of banned books in her locker; with “due dates and everything.” The collection includes: The Perks of Being a Wallflower His Dark Materials trilogy Sabriel The Canterbury Tales Candide The Divine Comedy Paradise Lost The Godfather Mort Interview with the Vampire The Hunger Games The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy –among [...]
Every year, about this time, the great mission begins: getting kids to turn in all those library books and pay for lost books before the end of the school year. Here are some ideas I’ve used to get those kids to settle up. Prevention, Prevention, Prevention. Aside from doing an extensive library introduction, and demonstrating [...]
I’ve come across two great books for middle school that illustrate nicely how modern media is changing everything, but at the same time, it isn’t. Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman. This is a creepy ghost mystery that has me reminiscing about being in High School and seeing the Blair Witch Project. Ryan and Sarah are [...]
So I’m sitting next to a student Thursday after school, and we’re going over some math questions. STAR testing for Math begins Monday, and this kid is doing his best to be ready. What a trooper! Ms. Ghareeb is smiling at this situation. And the math isn’t easy, either. “One real estate agent charges 1.2% [...]
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